Dusting device



March 24, 1959 w. c. GODFREY DUSTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9, 1957 INVENTOR.WALLACE C. GODFREY Y m e/m HIS ATTORNEYS FIG. 9

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United States Patent O DUSTING DEVICE Wallace C. Godfrey, Milwaukee,Wis. Application August 9, 1957, Serial No. 677,250

Claims. c1. 15-210 This invention relates to a dusting device.

More particularly this invention relates to a dusting device which isparticularly adapted for use in dusting church pews, benches, rows oftheater seats, and the like.-

Ithas been found heretofore that in dusting church pews, benches,theater seats, and the like, with conventional dusting devices ordusting mops, considerable time and labor are involved in dusting theentire seat, back and front portions of church pews, benches, theaterseats, and the like. 7

An object of the present invention is to provide a new and improveddusting device which is particularly adapted to dustexpeditiously boththe back rest and seat portions. of church pews, benches, theater seats,and the like, in a single dusting movement or operation, with resultingeconomy in both time and labor.

, Another object of the invention is to provide a new and. improveddusting device which is particularly adapted to dust the back rest andseat portions of church pews, benches, theater seats, and the like, andtheir top and frontedges, respectively, in a single dusting movement oroperation, with resulting'ineconomy in time and labor. t

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improveddusting device which is particularly adapted for dusting church pews,benches, theater seats, and the like, and which is relatively simple andinexpensive in construction and efficient in use. p

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showingthe new dusting deviceas used in dusting a typical church P Fig. 2 is a view, partly insection, partly in elevation, and partly diagrammatic, showing the newdusting device, as shown in Fig. 1, and as used to dust a church n Fig.3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing certain of the detailsof construction of the flexible coiled mop cord fabric supporting memberand of the handle construction therefor;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner in which theflexible coiled wire supporting member for the mop cord fabric isattached to the tubular handle member;

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view on line 5 in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view on line 6-6 in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a locking ring embodied in the new dustingdevice;

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of the locking ring shown in Fig. 7; and

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on line 99 in Fig. 7.

A preferred embodiment of the new dusting device is shown in thedrawing, where it is generally indicated at 10, and includes a flexiblemop cord fabric dusting element 11, and a handle unit, generallyindicated at 12. The handle unit 12 is preferably made of relativelylight material, such, for example, as tubular aluminum stock and isgenerally L-shaped in form, and the (in use) horizontal arm of thetubular handle has a hand grip 13 mounted thereon, in any suitablemanner, as by being adhesively secured thereto, as at 14.

The dusting element 11 is generally L-shaped in form and includes, asshown, a flexible wire support for the mop cord fabric embodied therein,and, in the form shown, the flexible wire supporting unit includes threeflexible wire supporting elements, 15, 16 and 17 which; are formed,shaped, and interconnected, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, toprovide a flexible wire support which is geerally L-shaped in form, asbest shown in Fig. 2, and includes two generally right angularly intersecting arms. Each of the flexible wire supporting ele-g ments 15, 16and 17 is composed of a plurality of inter'-- twisted wire strands andhas a mass of mop cord clothor fabric 18 intertwisted therewith so thatthe mop cord, fabric is composed of a mass of the mop cords 18 inter.twisted with the flexible wire supporting elements 15,

7 16 and 17, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and-'4.

Such corded or tufted dusting fabric material is well known commerciallyand is made by intertwisting the; fabric tufts or cords through thestrands of the flexible. wire supporting elements 15, 16 and 17. Thedusting. element 11 includes an (in use) rearwardly outwardly anddownwardly extending upper end portion 29 and a for? wardly anddownwardly curved lower end portion 30. (Figs. 1 and 2). W V

In order to mount the flexible wire supporting elements 15, 16 and 17upon, and so as to connect them to, the

tubular handle unit 12, I may employ any suitable fastening means but inthe form of the invention shown in the drawings I employ the fasteningarrangement illus trated in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Thus, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 there is? I illustrated asuitable means for fastening the adjacent end portions of the flexiblewire supporting elements 15 and 16 in and to the (in use) horizontallyextending arm ofthe L-shaped tubular handle unit 12, and since the.

means shown for fastening the end portions of the flexible wiresupporting elements 16 and 17 in and to the (in use) verticallyextending arm 19 of the tubular handle lllllLlZ? is the same .asthemeans'emplo'yed for fasteningtheendi portions of the flexible wiresupporting elements 15 and 16 to the (in use) horizontally extending armof the tubular handle unit 12, only one such fastening or connectingmeans will be described. Thus, the fastening means shown consists ofbending the end portions 15a and 16a of the flexible wire supportingelements 15 and 16 into parallel and juxtaposed relation and theninserting them into an internally threaded coupling member 24 in whichthey are soldered or otherwise secured as by solder 25 poured thereintoand interlocked with the internal threads of the coupling member 24 andwith the end portions 15a and 16a of the flexible wire supportingelement 15 and 16 respectively. The fastening means is completed by anannular internally threaded clamping member 22 which is threaded onto anexternally threaded reduced portion 23 of the coupling member 24, andencircles an end portion 20 of the tubular handle section 19. Aresilient split locking ring 21 is arranged about the end portion 20 ofthe tubular handle section 19 between the latter and the clamping member22 and is seated in an annular groove 31 formed on the inner surface ofthe member 22 (Fig. 4).

In the use of the new dusting device the same may be readily manuallygrasped by the hand grip 13 and the upwardly extending portion of thedusting element 11 positioned in contact with the front surface of theback rest portion of a church pew, bench, theater seat, or the like andwith the upper end portion 29 extending outwardly over and somewhatdownwardly behind the top edge of the back rest portion 28 of the churchpew, or the like (Figs. 1 and 2), at the same time, the horizontallyextending arm of the new dusting device is positioned in contact withthe upper surface of the seat portion 27 of a church pew 26, or thelike, with the lower end portion extending forwardly and downwardly overthe front edge of the seat portion 27 of the church pew 26 or the like.

In the use of the new dusting device, and when the same is positioned asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be moved horizontally across a church pew26, bench, theater seat, or the like, by merely grasping the hand grip13 and sliding the dusting device horizontally across the pew or thelike, while keeping the tufted or corded dusting element 18 in contactwith the back rest and seat portions of the church pew, bench, theaterseat, or the like. 1 During this operation the new dusting deviceeffectively dusts both the front surface of the back rest portionand-the top edge thereof and the upper surface and front edge of theseat portion of a church pew, bench, theater seat, or the like in asingle operation, and thus effects a substantial economy in time andlabor, as compared to prior dusting mops and the like.

It will be noted in this connection, that the flexible generallyL-shaped wire unit 15-1617 is somewhat yieldable or resilient and thisenables the new dusting device to have a limited accommodation to thesurface or contour of the church pew, bench, theater seat, or the like,since the wire supporting frame 15-16--17 will yield somewhat undermanual pressure by the user, and the wire employed in the supportingunit 15-16-47 is of such a gauge and hardness that, while havingsufiicient strength, it is somewhat flexible.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered inconjunction with the accompanying drawing, that the present inventionprovides a new and improved dusting device having the desirableadvantages and characteristics, and accomplishing its intended objects,including those hereinbefore pointed out, and others which are inherentof the invention.

I claim:

1. A dusting device for dusting church pews, benches, and like objectshaving a generally horizontal seating surface and a generally verticalback rest surface intersecting each other at the rear of the saidhorizontal surface, said dusting device comprising a supporting frameincluding a generally horizontally extending arm having 4 front and rearend portions and a generally vertically extending arm intersecting saidgenerally horizontally extending arm at the rear end portion of the saidgenerally horizontally extending arm, a mass of dusting fabric materialattached to and enveloping said supporting frame, and a handle memberincluding an upper generally horizontally extending arm having a rearend portion attached to the said generally vertically extending arm ofsaid supporting frame, and said handle member including a generallyvertically extending arm having a lower endportion attached to the saidgenerally longitudinally extending arm of said supporting frame.

2. A dusting device as defined in claim 1 in which the said generallyhorizontally extending arm of said handle member is attached to the saidgenerally vertically extending arm of said supporting frame between theupper and lower ends of the latter.

3. A dusting device as defined in claim 1 in which the said generallyvertically extending arm of said handle member is attached to the saidgenerally horizontally extending arm of said supporting frame betweenthe ends of the latter.

4. A dusting device as defined in claim 1 in which the said generallyvertically extending arm of said supporting frame has an outwardly anddownwardly curved upper end portion on the side thereof opposite theside on which said handle member is arranged and in which said curvedportion is enveloped by said dusting fabric material and is adapted todust the upper end portion of a generally vertically extending back restsurface of a church pew, bench, or the like.

5. A dusting device as defined in claim 1 in which said generallyhorizontally extending arm of said supporting frame has an outwardly anddownwardly curved fronted portion enveloped by said dusting fabricmaterial and adapted to engage the forward edge portion of the saidgenerally horizontally extending surface of a church pew, bench, or thelike.

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